The 2018 General Election, the first to be held under the Alternative Vote+ (AV+) system, gave way to a new era in British politics. But that era was also defined by its first Prime Minister, Emily Greenwood.

Born and raised in the Lake District, Greenwood studied PPE at Churchill College, Cambridge, married her childhood sweetheart John in 2005, and served as a Labour activist after Uni.

Elected for Copeland in 2010 after serving on the Allerdale Council, she served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport in the Corbyn Shadow Cabinet, before being elected to replace him in 2017, defeating the unmemorable David Cohen and Gordon Wilson-Davis handily.

In the 2018 General Election, Greenwood successfully maneuvered Labour to the top of the Commons, joining in a coalition with Harry Flyte and the Liberal Democrats. But what happened next?

Greenwood’s First Term

Whereas one could see the year-long premiership of Harold Saxon as being primarily focused on domestic issues, Greenwood’s first term was, much to her displeasure, focused around foreign issues, in particular, the Middle East.

Around the end of Saxon’s tenure, Iran had forcibly ejected the United Nations weapons ambassadors. Greenwood primarily focused on assisting President Trump in strategically taking out certain facilities, however she pulled out in an effort to keep her coalition united and supported the US through other resources. As Iran got closer and closer to getting nuclear power, Greenwood and Trump would not be able to bring the Iranians back to the negotiating table.

Additionally, in Israel, tensions between Hezbollah and the IDF, which had broken out into skirmishes during the Saxon premiership escalated into a full on crisis in 2020. Greenwood, working alongside a harangued President Trump, supported the right of those territories to belong to Syria as the UN insisted. Despite disagreement from a number of her advisors who thought that that wouldn’t work, including Defense Secretary James Forster, who resigned over this matter, Greenwood eventually capitulated and allowed for Trump’s orchestration of that land being brought under UN control for a period until Hezbollah was cleared out.

Domestically, Greenwood also was able to push through a few of her major reforms - Amelia Lockhart’s New Agenda for the New Economy and New Budget for the New Economy were seen as cornerstones. Also, she successfully pushed through her public transportation goals, including the nationalisation of BritRail, much to the chagrin of the Reform Party.

Additionally, with the thanks and advocacy of the Liberal Democrats, voting rights in the House of Lords were suspended for 90% of the hereditary and appointed members, to be elected every five years, and Fixed-Term Parliaments were re-introduced at four years instead of five.

The 2022 General Election (It Was The Greens Wot Done It)

Greenwood, feeling antsy about her work with the Liberal Democrats, sought a renewed mandate from the country in 2022. Gathered around her on the debate stage were Deputy Prime Minister Flyte, Opposition Leader Helen Drake, Reform Leader Michael Kirton, and Green Leader Amelia Womack. Greenwood and her partners were rising high on the back of a mostly successful Parliament and term.

Womack’s success and charisma at campaigning provided issues for the Liberal Democrats. Giving both government parties the what for about their lack of environmental issues and not being more proactive with Iran, Jeff Weaver, one of Womack’s advisors, encouraged negatively campaigning against the Lib Dems. The “vote orange, get red” campaign caused a spike in Green votes and a drop for the Lib Dems.

Commons Results

Labour Party: 213, 31.54% (-29)

Conservatives: 200, 28.64% (-12)

Reform: 145, 23.68% (+38)

Lib Dems: 36, 6.26% (-6)

Green: 20, 6.06% (+7)

SNP: 14, 2.22% (+1)

PC: 4, .72% (+1)

DUP: 5 (=)

SF: 5 (=)

UUP: 3 (=)

SDLP: 3 (=)

ALL: 2 (=)

Lords Results

Elected Lords (385 Seats)

Labour: 121

Conservatives: 110

Reform: 91

Lib Dems: 24

Green: 23

SNP: 9

PC: 3

DUP: 1

SF: 1

UUP: 1

SDLP: 1

Unelected Lords (78 Seats)

Labour: 20

Conservatives: 13

Reform: 2

Liberals: 8

Green: 2

Plaid: 1

SNP: 1

DUP: 1

UUP: 1

Crossbench: 24

Spiritual: 5 (Cantab, York, London, 2 elected by GS)

During the government formation period, now held in the open for the first time, Michael Kirton of Reform openly stated from the start that he was not planning to approve any sort of deal. As such, Labour, appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, attempted to form a government first. However, it soon became clear that any party would require the support of Reform. As such, Greenwood decided to welcome the Green Party into the coalition, and negotiated with the SNP, Plaid Cymru, Alliance, and the SDLP to support confidence votes. And she was still 30 votes away from getting a majority. Recognizing the need for stability, Kirton agreed to allow a free vote for his MPs and Lords on confidence votes.

Greenwood’s Second Term

At the outset of her second term, Greenwood pivoted more towards domestic issues, but found herself stifled by her lack of a majority in Parliament. However, in January 2023, the world found itself changed.

On January 23, 2023, on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s final state visit to a country due to her health, in Washington DC, a sniper successfully shot and killed her and the President.

The aftermath was swift. President Pence, upon gaining intelligence about the situation, sent troops into Lebanon and Iran to find and root out Hezbollah. However, a rogue squadron, looking for revenge, successfully sniped Ali Khamenei. The Assembly of Electors selected Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the Ayatollah Khomeini, as the new Supreme Leader.

In the wake of the assassination of the monarch, Greenwood was seen as a unifying figure during the ascension of King Charles III to the throne. However, her relations with the second Ayatollah Khomeini were much better than that of her’s with the previous Ayatollah, and in one of her final major actions as Prime Minister, worked to bring Iran into the worldwide community of nuclear powers. However, in January 2024, Greenwood was tired, and wished to see her youngest child grow up first hand. And as such, she resigned.

Lockhart’s First Term

Amelia Lockhart was without a doubt the Major to Greenwood’s Thatcher or the Brown to Greenwood’s Blair in simplistic fashion. Greenwood’s capable Chancellor, who oversaw the New Agenda and New Economy, would be tasked with trying to give Labour a third term in government.

Unfortunately, while Lockhart was one of the best economic Prime Ministers Britain has ever had, she fell and stumbled as oil reserves started to dwindle. Her Secretary for Creation Care (Energy/Environment/Climate Change), Simon Forster, one of three people to consistently serve in the same position throughout Greenwood’s tenure, alongside Home Secretary Adam Lang and Foreign Secretary Heather Holson, notably tripped up on Question Time on the topic of renewable energy, stating that “we need to use all the oil we have and then we can look at nuclear” an idea that proved unpopular with Communities Secretary Womack and Creation Care Minister Baroness Lucas.

When Lockhart confirmed that this was her line of thinking as well, Womack and her party walked out, and Lockhart found herself with no other choice but to call a General Election in the Commons.

]]>Red LionSir Jonathan Horncastlehttp://politicsuk.net/amiens/community/red-lion/the-greenwood-consensus/PolUK Wikipedia Infobox Threadhttp://politicsuk.net/amiens/community/red-lion/poluk-wikipedia-infobox-thread/
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